ORDINANCE NO. 14,492

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 14,346, passed June 21, 2004 by amending Section 2-705 thereof, relating to preference for local goods and services.

Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:

Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 14,346, passed June 21, 2004 is hereby amended by amending Section 2-705 relating to preference for local goods and services, as follows:

Sec. 2-705. Preference for local goods and services.

In recognition that businesses may pay higher property taxes due to their location within the corporate limits and that such taxes may increase the cost of providing goods and/or services in comparison to businesses located outside the corporate limits and to encourage businesses to locate and remain in the city, a preference shall be given to local businesses in the issuance of purchase orders or the awarding of city contracts governed by this subdivision. In conducting the procurement of goods and/or services by competitive bid, the procurement administrator shall give preference to a responsive bid from a business located within the corporate limits of the city over an acceptable low bid submitted by a business located outside of the corporate limits, where the local bidder's bid exceeds the acceptable low bid by no more than one percent. In conducting the procurement of goods and/or services by request for proposals, a local preference equivalent to one percent of all points available to competing proposers under the evaluation criteria adopted for each procurement shall be awarded to each proposer whose business is located within the corporate limits of the city. The local preference herein established shall not be applicable to goods and/or services procured with the assistance of federal, state or county grants or funds, nor shall the local preferences be applicable to goods and/or services where federal regulations or law prohibits a local preference, nor shall such preference be applied in violation of any international trade agreement or treaty to which the United States of America is a party.

Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

FORM APPROVED:

Ann DiDonato, Assistant City Attorney

T.M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor

Attest:

I, Diane Rauh, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 05-2357), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held September 26, 2005 signed by the Mayor on September 26, 2005 and published as provided by law in the Business Record on October 10, 2005 Authorized by Publication Order No.4950.

Diane Rauh, City Clerk